Tug of war at the 2022 World Games

Tug of war

at the 2022 World Games

Venue| University of Alabama Birmingham
Dates| 14–16 July 2022
No. of events| 3

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The tug of war competition at the 2022 World Games took place in July 2022,[1] in Birmingham in United States, at the University of Alabama Birmingham. Originally scheduled to take place in July 2021, the Games were rescheduled for July 2022 as a result of the 2020 Summer Olympics postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] This was the first time when mixed event in tug of war took place as part of the World Games.

## Participating nations

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* Belgium
* Chinese Taipei
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Italy
* Netherlands
* Switzerland
* Sweden

## Medal table

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* Host nation (United States)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Great Britain| 1| 1| 0| 2
2|  Switzerland| 1| 0| 1| 2
3|  Chinese Taipei| 1| 0| 0| 1
4|  Germany| 0| 1| 0| 1
Sweden| 0| 1| 0| 1
6|  Belgium| 0| 0| 1| 1
Netherlands| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (7 entries)| 3| 3| 3| 9

## Medalists

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Men's outdoor
640 kg  |  Switzerland
Martin Arnold
Thomas Arnold
Walter Bernhard
Robin Burch
Ueli Christen
Samuel Grani
Ruedi Odermatt
Fabian Rolli
Emanuel Zumbuhl
Johannes Zumbuhl  |  Great Britain
Marshall Drew
Daniel Paul Kenny
Will Lee
Ian Murphy
Tony Peck
Andy Rebori
Ian Robinson
Leeboy Robinson
Peter Darren Sellars
Aidan Wheeler  |  Belgium
Wim Broeckx
Jan Hendrickx
Joeri Janssens
Luc Mertens
Raf Mertens
Wouter Raeymaekers
Johny Schuermans
Wim de Schutter
Ief Smets
Dries Vermeiren
Joris Vermeiren
Women's outdoor
540 kg  |  Chinese Taipei
Gu Tsai-rong
Huang Yu-an
Lai Ting-yu
Li Ju-chun
Lin Meng-zhu
Shih Chih-hsin
Tien Chia-hsin
Tien Chia-jung
Tung Han  |  Sweden
Justin Andersson
Knif Eriksson
Knif Frida Hed
Karin Jacobson
Ellen Lilja
Stor Lindquist Olsson
Magdalena Persson
Sofia Persson
Hanna Maria Westerling  |  Switzerland
Stephanie Arnet
Elena Beier
Petra Kaslin
Michaela Koch
Stefanie Rita Ott
Jasmin Villiger
Melanie Villiger
Sarah Villiger
Brigitte Regula Ziegler
Erika Sara Zumbuhl
Mixed outdoor
580 kg  |  Great Britain
Tara Adams
Lucie Gray
Richard John Keightley
Daniel Paul Kenny
Will Lee
Ian Robinson
Leeboy Robinson
Emma Stone
Aidan Wheeler
Charlotte Wiliams  |  Germany
Fabien Elias
Julia Agnes Frieß
Lukas Maier
Lorenz Alexander Mühl
Ramona Susanne Mühl
Nicole Pflüger
Florian Resch
Rainer Vogel
Thomas Wegmann  |  Netherlands
Robert Bentsink
Ruud Geerdes
Gerben Jansen
Jan Willem Klumpers
Jolanda Klumpers-Floors
Annieta Nieuwland
Nanda Martrude Oude Egberink
Arjan Martijn Oude Nijhuis
Aloysius Maria Ribberink
Trude Zonneveld

## References

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1. ^ "The World Games 2022 Sports programme". Retrieved 2020-08-29.
2. ^ "2021 WORLD GAMES POSTPONED TO 2022 TO AVOID TOKYO OLYMPIC CLASH". reuters.com. Retrieved 2020-08-29.

## External links

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* The World Games 2022
* Tug of War International Federation
* Results book Archived 2022-07-17 at the Wayback Machine

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Events at the 2022 World Games

* Acrobatic gymnastics
* Aerobic gymnastics
* Air sports
* Archery
* Artistic roller skating
* Beach handball
* Boules sports
* Bowling
* Canoe polo
* Canoe marathon
* Cue sports
* Dancesport
* Duathlon*
* Finswimming
* Fistball
* Flag football*
* Floorball
* Flying disc
* Inline hockey
* Ju-jitsu
* Karate
* Kickboxing
* Korfball
* Lacrosse
* Lifesaving
* Muaythai
* Orienteering
* Parkour
* Powerlifting
* Racquetball
* Rhythmic gymnastics
* Road speed skating
* Softball
* Sport climbing
* Squash
* Sumo
* Track speed skating
* Trampoline gymnastics
* Tug of war
* Water skiing
* Wheelchair rugby*
* Wushu*

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